Volume 02 - Issue 1 Toward inclusive and relevant second language education for Black students

Toward inclusive and relevant second language education for Black students

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Volume 02 - Issue 1
contributor.author:
Zárate-Sández, Germán
date.accessioned:
2021-10-14T20:16:39Z
date.available:
2021-10-14T20:16:39Z
date.issued:
2021-10-01
description.abstract:
In this report, I describe the research and curricular changes I am implementing to deal with issues of inequity encountered by Black students in the Spanish program I direct at Western Michigan University. In the first stage, a comprehensive analysis of student demographics, enrollment, and academic performance over six years revealed that Black and African American students begin Spanish education at high rates but are less likely to advance to courses beyond second-year Spanish and more likely to obtain lower final grades than other groups. These findings are consistent with literature showing similar patterns of participation and achievement among Black students in language learning across secondary and higher education. Following methodologies used in previous studies, the second phase of the project consists of a comprehensive needs analysis composed of surveys, interviews, and class observations aimed at better understanding Black students’ experiences and needs in my department’s Spanish program. Based on results from the needs analysis, the last part of the project will educate personnel in the program on issues of equity and diversity and will implement changes in the curriculum to make our Spanish courses more relevant for Black students.
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endingpage:
128
identifier.citation:
Zárate-Sández, G. (2021). Toward inclusive and relevant second language education for Black students. Second Language Research & Practice, 2(1), 119-128. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/69861
identifier.issn:
2694-6610
identifier.uri:
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/69861
number:
1
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center (co-sponsored by American Association of University of Supervisors and Coordinators; Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition; Center for Educational Reources in Culture, Language, and Literacy; Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning; Open Language Resource Center; Second Language Teaching and Resource Center)
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startingpage:
119
subject:
academic achievement enrollment equity inclusion language program race and ethnicity Spanish
title:
Toward inclusive and relevant second language education for Black students
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Report
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Text
volume:
2